The poem I chose to do was Broken Promises by David Kirby. Its meaning is about raising children. You make promises to yourself about how you will raise your children. Then you end up breaking them because sometimes its just too hard to do something you say your not going to. Also the parent in this poem which I personally thinks is a father, cannot understand the actions of his children. He doesn't get why he can do so much for them but yet they do not care. They are rude and nasty. They don't even care that he is the one that puts a roof over their heads.In the end the father has enough. He hates them for how ungrateful they are and tells them they need to love him. If it wasn't for him they wouldn't even exist.
The meaning of the poem to my life is simple. Sometimes teenagers take there parents for granted. When we get punished we act like they are horrible people even though later on we will end up sleeping in our beds which is provided by them. Also I have made promises to myself about how I want to raise my children when I am older. How do I know I will follow through with those and won't end up breaking them when the temptation becomes just to much for me to handle anymore.
In the way I will speak is how I will convey the meaning. In the beginning I will put passion in my voice and then look sad and sound sad when the father gets rejected. I will show how I feel about my children growing up in my facial expressions and voice. Then as I get to the end where the child is kicking and screaming I will sound angrier and angrier. Finally I will scream one word and bring it down to soft sad tones for the last line. I haven't really thought of any hand movements. I'm not a hand movement type of person.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Poetry Out Loud
PART ONE:
One poem I read that starts with the first letter of my name is, My Grandmother’s Love Letters. The poem I read that begins with the third letter in my last name is, Life in a Love. The poem I was suggested to read by Joel was, First Poem for You. The poem I suggested for Joel was, Romance. The last two poems I read were, I Dreamed That I Was Old and Fairy-tale Logic.
PART TWO:
Out of all the five poems I read, I liked Fairy-tale Logic the best. I liked this one because it wasn't so serious. It was playful and meant for entertainment. It tried to play off that it was being serious which also added to the funniness of it. I really did not like My Grandmother's Love Letters because I didn't understand it. I couldn't figure out where the author was trying to go with the poem. It talked about the old age of the letters but nothing about the content. That's what I cared about. I feel if I was forced to choose one of these poems, I would do the Fairy-tale Logic. My personality connected with this poem because I'm not really a serious person and either is this poem. I love dragons and it speaks of those creatures.
PART THREE:
The two criteria that I know will be easiest for me is being attentive, having good eye contact and looking at everyone not just the judges. The other criteria I will succeed on is capturing the audiences attention. I have a good volume of projection so even the people in the back can hear me. The two criteria I will need to work on is getting the meaning of the poem across as I read it to the audience. The other criteria I will have to work on is not sounding bored as I talk. People say I tend to read monotone.
PART FOUR:
The first video I watched was, Bilingual/Bilingüe. It was a successful performance because she used a little bit of hand movements when it was good timing for it. She changed the way she spoke for how the mood of the poem was at each part. It almost felt like she wrote the poem, not someone else. She looked confident and you couldn't tell if she was uncomfortable up there by her stage presence.
The other video I watched was, The Man-Moth. He did a successful performance because he talked in this way that made you think about what he was saying. His pauses added to the quality of the performance. He spoke loud and clear. You could tell he really knew this poem and that he understood it. He gave you these facial expressions that went with what he was saying.
PART FIVE:
I think I will do just fine in the competition. I did something like this in fourth grade and my poem was very long. I had no problem memorizing it. The website I personally don't like. It is kinda hard at times to find stuff since its in small print. I think I will memorize Broken Promises. I understand the meaning and I just like the metaphors he used. I think the competition will be interesting to watch. I just am worried to see how good or bad people will do. I don't really have a great idea of how it will go, but I guess I have to wait and see.
One poem I read that starts with the first letter of my name is, My Grandmother’s Love Letters. The poem I read that begins with the third letter in my last name is, Life in a Love. The poem I was suggested to read by Joel was, First Poem for You. The poem I suggested for Joel was, Romance. The last two poems I read were, I Dreamed That I Was Old and Fairy-tale Logic.
PART TWO:
Out of all the five poems I read, I liked Fairy-tale Logic the best. I liked this one because it wasn't so serious. It was playful and meant for entertainment. It tried to play off that it was being serious which also added to the funniness of it. I really did not like My Grandmother's Love Letters because I didn't understand it. I couldn't figure out where the author was trying to go with the poem. It talked about the old age of the letters but nothing about the content. That's what I cared about. I feel if I was forced to choose one of these poems, I would do the Fairy-tale Logic. My personality connected with this poem because I'm not really a serious person and either is this poem. I love dragons and it speaks of those creatures.
PART THREE:
The two criteria that I know will be easiest for me is being attentive, having good eye contact and looking at everyone not just the judges. The other criteria I will succeed on is capturing the audiences attention. I have a good volume of projection so even the people in the back can hear me. The two criteria I will need to work on is getting the meaning of the poem across as I read it to the audience. The other criteria I will have to work on is not sounding bored as I talk. People say I tend to read monotone.
PART FOUR:
The first video I watched was, Bilingual/Bilingüe. It was a successful performance because she used a little bit of hand movements when it was good timing for it. She changed the way she spoke for how the mood of the poem was at each part. It almost felt like she wrote the poem, not someone else. She looked confident and you couldn't tell if she was uncomfortable up there by her stage presence.
The other video I watched was, The Man-Moth. He did a successful performance because he talked in this way that made you think about what he was saying. His pauses added to the quality of the performance. He spoke loud and clear. You could tell he really knew this poem and that he understood it. He gave you these facial expressions that went with what he was saying.
PART FIVE:
I think I will do just fine in the competition. I did something like this in fourth grade and my poem was very long. I had no problem memorizing it. The website I personally don't like. It is kinda hard at times to find stuff since its in small print. I think I will memorize Broken Promises. I understand the meaning and I just like the metaphors he used. I think the competition will be interesting to watch. I just am worried to see how good or bad people will do. I don't really have a great idea of how it will go, but I guess I have to wait and see.
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